getdate() function SQL SVR 7

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getdate() function SQL SVR 7

webdaddy13

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October 9, 2003 at 7:20 am

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How do get this function to show only the date and leave off the time? Or is there another function I should be using?
Thanks webdaddy13

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paul_richardson SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4594 More actions · Answer 1

hi,

a quick and dirty way is to convert to a char field :-

select convert(char(11),getdate())

HTH

Paul

webdaddy13 SSC Enthusiast Points: 133 More actions · Answer 2

I appreciate the conversion statement but I really need to know how to autoatically populate that field date_entered without supplying the date from client side or server side programming

paul_richardson SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4594 More actions · Answer 3

i think you need to have a time with all datetime fields. the only thing i can think of is to set the time to the same for each row :-

create table pgr_date_test

(col1 datetime)

insert into pgr_date_test

select convert(char(11),getdate())

select * from pgr_date_test

returns :-

09/10/2003 00:00:00

you then just need to ignore the time

Paul

Jonathan SSC-Insane Points: 20427 More actions · Answer 4

quote:
I appreciate the conversion statement but I really need to know how to autoatically populate that field date_entered without supplying the date from client side or server side programming

Use Paul's suggection to create a default for the column:



ALTER TABLE MyTable ADD CONSTRAINT df_Date_Entered DEFAULT CONVERT(char(8),GETDATE(),112) FOR Date_Entered

--Jonathan

webdaddy13 SSC Enthusiast Points: 133 More actions · Answer 5

thank you guys this forum has really helped me...I will try it out you guys a great

I hope some day soon I can help you guys

webdaddy13

dan_jf SSC-Addicted Points: 496 More actions · Answer 6

If look up CONVERT in SQL Books Online then you will see there are a whole load of different formats you can convert the datetime value into. It is very useful!